It was last summer when he went to Wolfsburg, think he went cheap, £25.5m form what I saw.Quote:
Originally Posted by Penguin
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It was last summer when he went to Wolfsburg, think he went cheap, £25.5m form what I saw.Quote:
Originally Posted by Penguin
Linked to Lacazzette for 42 million today.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/foo...il-Sidibe.html
In a world where Batshuyi is going for 33 million, it seems like a steal.
Don't hesitate Arsene!
Considering the vast sums being spent, clearly the TV money is making a different, 42 odd million on that basis must be like 10 million in the old days, next to nothing.
Just get the feeling we're not willing to pay the market rate, you either do or you get left behind, that's the choice.
It's a lot of money of course, but we've needed a striker for ages and have never managed to get one, so we kinda borught it on ourselves, if we'd signed someone a couple years ago it would have been better value for money.
I mean come on Xhaka whos is unknown costs 33 million, so 42 million isn't really that bad for a striker who is a much more important position in a team.
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Originally Posted by The Emirates Gallactico
He never hesitates, he just flat out refuses.
I can see this being another long summer, as usual.Quote:
Originally Posted by dostoy
Xhaka wasn't an unknown Zim. :lol:
He was one of the hottest properties in Germany, linked to Man Utd the season before and a host of other top teams the past year. Looking at some of the transfers now, 35 million is a bit low tbh and probably due to us moving in very early in the window before a precedent and marker could be fully established tbh.
Good work Gazidis. :bow:
If he was one of the hottest properties why was nobody else in for him as well? Not saying he's not a good player, but players who are the hottest property generally have several clubs after them.Quote:
Originally Posted by The Emirates Gallactico
I can see why he wasn't chased by a lot of clubs, he's a DM at the end of the day, it's not a prestige position like a striker or a winger, clubs don't pay big money for DM on the whole, they pay big bucks for players they deem to be matchwinners.
Let's not kid ourselves, very few people outside of Germany knew anything about him.
They were. Read all the stories linking him to Man Utd the season before. We just moved fastest and tied him down before anyone else got seriously interested and decided to move in themselves.
Look just because we sign a player doesn't mean no other top club was interested or rates him. Circumstances can change; our rivals may have that position already filled or maybe be concentrating on concluding another deal before turning towards a DM.
It's like implying Ozil or Alexis were bad players because we managed to sign them.
Besides we never usually get into a bidding war with a financially richer club so it's all rather a moot point.
We signed Ozil and Sanchez for one reason, they weren't really wanted by their clubs anymore.Quote:
Originally Posted by The Emirates Gallactico
Doesn't mean they aren't top players, they are but their clubs were willing to let them go, Real had signed a few top players and Ozil's position was uncertain and Sanchez didn't work out at Barca.
We never sign top players at the top of their games which other big clubs are interested in, basically because they'd rather go to other clubs, due to the prestige and chances of success.
Yes they weren't, but none of Chelsea, Man Utd, City etc etc moved in for Ozil or Alexis when they had the opportunity to as well and we had a free run at them. By your logic that diminishes how good Ozil and Alexis are because none of our rivals went in for him. :rolleyes:
I seriously don't get what you're whining about here.
Are we a more attractive proposition than Real Madrid, Barcelona or Bayern? Of course not. And we're never going to beat them to a player. But everyone already knows that and complaining that we're not beating them at transfers is silly and just futile.